Thursday, 29 May 2008

Internet and WiFi in Venice

Maybe it's something to do with all the water sloshing around in Venice but Venice is somewhat of a desert as far as Internet and Wifi connections are concerned.

There are not many Internet cafes. The ones I found:
- east of the Santa Lucia railway station (on the way to the ghetto)
- in the Mondadori bookshop just west of the Paizza San Marco
- between the Piazzale Roma and San Toma
The nice orthodox Jews of Chabad in the Jewish quarter will also let you use their Internet connection for a little while.

The Internet cafe near the railway station would nort let me connect my laptop "beacuse of the Italian anti-paedophile laws". These incidentally require every user in an Internet cafe to show a passport or other photo ID.

I stalked the streets or should I say canals of Venice looking for a free Wifi connection. Lonely Planet recommends the Ghetto Nuovo ot the Fondamenta della Misericordia. I could find none there. I had almost given up when I finally found a good connection in the Campo St. Maurizio, not far from the Campo San Stephano and the Accademia.

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